The Danish national board of eHealth (National Sundheds-IT (NSI)) is developing a new national patient index (NPI) to allow access to patient data.

The NPI will establish an index of documents, stemming from regional health records and numerous national records. These can then be linked to the Danish national clinician portal, or Sundhedsjournalen.

The security components in this system ensure that confidential health information is visible only to those with legal access to the data.

HealthShare is also used to underpin the Swedish national patient overview (NPO) project.

In Australia, HealthShare is being used by Mater Health Services in Queensland as part of its Wave 2 site for the implementation of the PCEHR.

InterSystems' commercial director Steve Garrington said there was a strong need for software solutions that enable healthcare organisations to fill in the gaps that arise as they seek to take advantage of new government infrastructure.